Parts of Guatemala were covered in a knee-deep layer of ash on Monday after a volcano erupted near the capital. At least 65 people were killed, with the final toll expected to be “probably in the hundreds,” according to one rescue worker.CreditCreditNational Police of Guatemala, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A push for vast executive power

• President Trump’s claim on Monday that he has “the absolute right” to pardon himself for any crime was the latest in a series of moves asserting his control over federal law enforcement. No president has ever pardoned himself, and it’s unclear if Mr. Trump could legitimately do so.

The idea that presidents, by virtue of their unique constitutional powers, are above the law has surfaced before. Richard Nixon famously claimed after Watergate, “When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” But assertions by Mr. Trump’s team that obstruction-of-justice statutes do not apply to him carry new twists. Read more from one of our Washington correspondents.

Also on Monday, prosecutors accused Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of trying to tamper with witnesses in his tax and money laundering case. The prosecutors, who work for the special counsel, Robert Mueller, called for Mr. Manafort’s bail to be revoked or revised.

• For nearly a year, Mr. Trump’s aides denied that the president had been behind a misleading statement, released in his son’s name, about a meeting at Trump Tower with a Kremlin-connected lawyer. But in a confidential memo to the special counsel, Mr. Trump’s lawyers acknowledged that the president had, in fact, dictated the statement.

It’s primaries day

Much of the focus is on California, where the top two finishers in today’s nonpartisan primary will face off in November. That poses a problem for the Democrats, who have so many candidates competing that Republicans might capture both slots. We have 30 journalists across the state who will be providingupdates.

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Early voting in Los Angeles on Monday. California will take a big step today in deciding who will succeed Gov. Jerry Brown and whether Senator Dianne Feinstein will earn a sixth term.CreditMelissa Lyttle for The New York Times

Latinos make up 18 percent of California’s likely voting population, but they could play a key role in the midterm elections. Democrats running for office are hoping that reaching out to Latino voters will help them win.CreditCreditJenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times

A ruling on cake case, but not on free speech

• The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of a Colorado baker who had refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, but it left open the larger question of whether a business can discriminate against gay men and lesbians based on First Amendment rights.

Writing for the majority in the 7-to-2 decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s original ruling against the baker, Jack Phillips, had been infected by religious animus.

The justices passed on an opportunity to either bolster the right to same-sex marriage or explain how far the government can go in regulating businesses run on religious principles.

“We are not going to judge you on your outward appearance,” Gretchen Carlson, the organization’s chairwoman, said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

• Ms. Carlson, a prominent voice for women’s rights in the workplace since she filed a harassment lawsuit in 2016 against the former Fox chairman Roger Ailes, said the competition would focus more on the contestants’ talents, intelligence and ideas.

Pushing a right-wing message in Europe

• Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has become a right-wing hero, making blunt attacks on liberal democracy.

His allies have extended his influence beyond the country’s borders, investing in media outlets in Macedonia and Slovenia, where the hard-liner who finished first in elections on Sunday had Mr. Orban’s support.

‘Charm City,’ Part 2: The Legacy of Zero-Tolerance Policing

Relations between the police and the community in Baltimore weren’t always so troubled. But as job loss and drugs tore through the city, a policing idea transplanted from New York City created a generation of young men with criminal records.

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Tens of thousands of people attended the annual vigil at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Monday to mark the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. This year’s vigil focused on freeing “dissidents imprisoned or under home arrest,” in addition to pushing for greater democracy in mainland China.CreditAnthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Julie Bloom, an editor on our National desk, recommends this piece from The New York Review of Books: “A smart, thoughtful look at Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant and his personal essays. ‘He has variously been considered a military icon who won a total victory; a presidential model for overcoming his own considerable flaws and a tragic weakness for scoundrels to achieve fame and glory; a literary phenomenon who crafted the most famous deathbed writing in American letters; and a celebrity who was a paragon of humility and modesty.’ ”

Back Story

American servicemen attacked Mexican-Americans, black men and others who had embraced flamboyantly draped suits, padded at the shoulder and pegged at the ankle. Known first as “killer dillers,” zoot suits had become an expression of pride in minority communities.

A Times report that week traced the suit’s origins to Gainesville, Ga. In the years after, it came to be seen as a symbol of pride, swagger and resistance. The bandleader Cab Calloway once called it “the only totally and truly American civilian suit.”

“Zoot Suit” also became the title of a play and movie, based on the true story of a group of Latino youths unjustly convicted of murder.